Print Device

ABSTRACT

A print device includes a housing, a lid body, an input device, and a mounting portion. An opening is formed in an upper portion of the housing. The lid body opens and closes the opening of the housing by a second end portion side of the lid body pivoting around a predetermined rotation axis provided at a first end portion of the lid body. The mounting portion is provided on an upper portion of the lid body when the opening is closed. The input device can be attached to and detached from the mounting portion along a predetermined attachment/detachment direction with respect to the lid body. The attachment/detachment direction is orthogonal to an extending direction of a tangent line. The tangent line is tangential to a circumferential direction of the rotation axis at a position of the second end portion of the lid body.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No.2015-071182, filed on Mar. 31, 2015, the content of which is herebyincorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates to a print device provided with an inputdevice that can be attached to and detached from a housing.

SUMMARY

A settlement terminal device is known in which a keyboard is providedintegrally with a lid body that is provided on an upper portion of ahousing such that the lid body can be opened and closed. In thesettlement terminal device, the rear end side of the lid body is coupledto the housing by a hinge, and the front end side of the lid body can beopened upward at the time of replacement of a roll paper or at the timeof maintenance of the device.

Further, an information processing device is known that is configuredsuch that a keyboard can be placed on an upper surface of a housing. Thekeyboard of the information processing device is a separate body fromthe housing and is not fixed to the housing. Therefore, a user canremove the keyboard from the placement surface and can perform an inputoperation. The placement surface of the keyboard is provided with aprotruding piece. The protruding piece comes into contact with arecessed portion provided in the keyboard, and thus the movement of thekeyboard on the placement surface is restricted in the front-reardirection and the left-right direction.

However, with the configuration in which the lid body that can be openedand closed is provided on the upper portion of the housing and the inputdevice provided as a separate body is placed on the lid body, when theuser attempts to open the lid body, there is a possibility that theinput device may be lifted by an erroneous operation by the user and theinput device may become disengaged from the lid body.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a print device inwhich an opening/closing direction of a lid body provided on an upperportion of a housing is different from an attachment/detachmentdirection of an input device that is mounted on an upper portion of thelid body.

Various embodiments of the general principles described herein provide aprint device that includes a housing, a lid body, an input device, and amounting portion. The housing has an opening formed in an upper portionthereof and internally houses a print portion and a control portion. Theprint portion prints on a print medium. The control portion controlsdriving of the print portion. The lid body is disposed on the upperportion of the housing. The lid body opens and closes the opening of thehousing by a second end portion side of the lid body pivoting around apredetermined rotation axis provided at a first end portion of the lidbody. The input device includes an operation portion. The operationportion receives an input of a command to the control portion. Themounting portion is provided on an upper portion of the lid body whenthe opening of the housing is closed. The input device can be attachedto and detached from the mounting portion along a predeterminedattachment/detachment direction with respect to the lid body. Theattachment/detachment direction is a direction orthogonal to anextending direction of a tangent line. The tangent line is tangential toa circumferential direction of the rotation axis at a position of thesecond end portion of the lid body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments will be described below in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a print device 1 as viewed from theupper front right side;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the print device 1 when a cover 12 isopened, as viewed from the upper front right side;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the print device 1 when a keyboard 7 isleaned against a handle 2, as viewed from the upper front right side;

FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing an internal structure of theprint device 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view schematically showing a rotation inhibitingmechanism 45 of the handle 2;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the keyboard 7;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the keyboard 7;

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the keyboard 7;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the keyboard 7;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a cable clip 6;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the cable clip 6;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the cable clip 6; and

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the print device 1 on which thekeyboard 7 is mounted with a back surface 7B directed upward, as viewedfrom the upper front right side.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to thedrawings. The drawings referred to are used to explain technologicalfeatures that can be employed by the present disclosure. The illustrateddevice structure is not intended to limit it to that form, and is merelyan explanatory example.

An outline of a structure of a print device 1 of the present disclosurewill be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 shows astate in which a tape cassette 80, a ribbon cassette 90 and a tube 9 aremounted in a tape mounting portion 30, a ribbon mounting portion 35 anda tube mounting portion 40, respectively. Up, down, left, right, frontand rear directions indicated by arrows in the drawings are used in thedescription below.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the print device 1 is provided with twoprinting mechanisms and can respectively print a tape 8 (refer to FIG.4) that is a strip-shaped print medium, and the tube 9 (refer to FIG. 4)that is a cylindrical print medium. The print device 1 is provided witha housing 10 and a cover 12. The housing 10 is a cuboid box-shapedmember that is long in the left-right direction. The housing 10 has aplurality of side surfaces, namely, a front surface 10A and a rearsurface 10B that face each other in the front-rear direction, and a leftsurface 10C and a right surface 10D that face each other in theleft-right direction. The housing 10 houses a tape printing mechanism 50(refer to FIG. 4), a tube printing mechanism 60 (refer to FIG. 4), acontrol board 18 and the like. The tape mounting portion 30, the ribbonmounting portion 35 and the tube mounting portion 40 are provided in anupper portion inside the housing 10, and each of them is open in anupper surface 10E of the housing 10.

The cover 12 is a plate-shaped member that is disposed on the upper sideof the housing 10. A rear end portion of the cover 12 is supported onthe upper side of a rear end portion of the housing 10 such that it canpivot around a rotation axis C (refer to FIG. 2) that extends in theleft-right direction. A front end portion side of the cover 12 pivots upand down along a circumferential direction A (refer to FIG. 2) of therotation axis C, and thus the cover 12 opens and closes an opening ofthe upper surface 10E of the housing 10. A lock mechanism 13 is providedon the upper side of a front end portion of the housing 10. When thecover 12 is closed with respect to the housing 10, the lock mechanism 13locks the front end portion of the cover 12 and restricts the opening ofthe cover 12.

When the cover 12 is closed with respect to the housing 10 (refer toFIG. 1), the cover 12 covers the upper surface 10E (refer to FIG. 2) ofthe housing 10. When the cover 12 is to be opened, the print device 1releases the locking of the cover 12 in response to the lock mechanism13 being operated, and causes the cover 12 to pivot upward from the lockmechanism 13. When the cover 12 is open with respect to the housing 10(refer to FIG. 2), the upper surface 10E of the housing 10 is exposedupward.

As shown in FIG. 3, an upper surface of the cover 12 is substantiallyflat. Two window portions 12A and 12B are provided in the upper surfaceof the cover 12. When the cover 12 is closed, a user can confirm themounted state of the tape cassette 80 and the ribbon cassette 90 throughthe window portions 12A and 12B. A mounting portion 11 is provided on anupper portion of the cover 12. A keyboard 7 is detachably mounted on themounting portion 11. The mounting portion 11 is provided with a pair ofholding portions 3 and 4 and a restriction portion 5.

The holding portion 3 is provided on an end portion on the rear side ofthe upper surface of the cover 12. The holding portion 3 has a wallshape and stands upward over substantially the entire length of thecover 12 in the left-right direction. An upper surface of the holdingportion 3 is gently inclined at an end portion 3A on the right side ofthe holding portion 3, and connects to the upper surface of the cover12. A collar portion 3B that protrudes forward is formed on the upperend of the holding portion 3. The collar portion 3B is providedsubstantially at the center of the holding portion 3 in the left-rightdirection, and has a length that is equal to or more than one third ofthe length of the cover 12 in the left-right direction, and less thanthe length of the cover 12 in the left-right direction. The length ofthe collar 3B in the example shown in FIG. 3 is three quarters of thelength of the cover 12 in the left-right direction. When the keyboard 7is mounted on the mounting portion 11 with a main surface 7A directedupward, the collar portion 3B is engaged with a groove portion 77D(refer to FIG. 9) on the lower side of a rear surface of the keyboard 7.A front surface of the collar portion 3B is gently inclined at both endportions of the collar portion 3B in the left-right direction, andconnects to a front surface of the holding portion 3. A cut-out portion3C, a front surface of which is cut out to a shape that is recessedrearward, is formed in a position close to a right end portion of thecollar portion 3B. When the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mountingportion 11, one of protruding portions 78 (refer to FIG. 7) of thekeyboard 7 is engaged with the cut-out portion 3C, and the keyboard 7 isinhibited from becoming disengaged from the mounting portion 11.

The holding portion 4 is provided on an end portion on the front side ofthe upper surface of the cover 12. The holding portion 4 has a wallshape and forms a pair with the holding portion 3. An end portion 4A onthe right side of the holding portion 4 is inclined, and connects anupper surface of the holding portion 4 to the upper surface of the cover12. A collar portion 4B, which protrudes rearward and forms a pair withthe collar portion 3B, is formed on the upper end of the holding portion4, substantially at the center of the holding portion 4 in theleft-right direction. The collar portion 4B has a length that is equalto or more than one third of the length of the cover 12 in theleft-right direction, and less than the length of the cover 12 in theleft-right direction. The length of the collar 4B in the example shownin FIG. 3 is three quarters of the length of the cover 12 in theleft-right direction. When the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mountingportion 11 with the main surface 7A directed upward, the collar portion4B is engaged with a groove portion 77B (refer to FIG. 9) on the lowerside of a front surface of the keyboard 7. Both end portions of thecollar portion 4B in the left-right direction are inclined, and eachconnect a rear surface of the collar portion 4B to a rear surface of theholding portion 4. A cut-out portion 4C, a rear surface of which is cutout to a shape that is recessed forward, is formed in a position closeto a right end portion of the collar portion 4B. When the keyboard 7 ismounted on the mounting portion 11, another one of the protrudingportions 78 (refer to FIG. 7) of the keyboard 7 is engaged with thecut-out portion 4C.

The restriction portion 5 is provided on an end portion on the left sideof the upper surface of the cover 12. The restriction portion 5 has awall shape and stands upward over substantially the entire length of thecover 12 in the front-rear direction. Both end portions of therestriction portion 5 in the front-rear direction respectively connectto a left end portion of the holding portion 3 and a left end portion ofthe holding portion 4. More specifically, the mounting portion 11 isconfigured to surround the upper surface of the cover 12 such that it iscontinuous with front, rear and left end portions among four endportions of the upper surface of the cover 12. Heights (lengths in theup-down direction) of the holding portions 3 and 4 and the restrictionportion 5 are substantially the same over the entire periphery.

A tape discharge opening 14, a tube insertion opening 15, a tubedischarge opening 16 (refer to FIG. 2), a user interface portion 17 anda handle 2 are provided in side surfaces of the housing 10. The tapedischarge opening 14 is an opening to discharge the tape 8 to theoutside of the housing 10. The tape discharge opening 14 is provided inan upper right portion of the front surface 10A, and has a rectangularshape that is long in the up-down direction.

The tube insertion opening 15 is an opening to guide the tube 9 to theinside of the housing 10. The tube insertion opening 15 is provided inan upper portion on the rear side of the right surface 10D, and has arectangular shape that is slightly longer in the up-down direction. Thetube discharge opening 16 is an opening to discharge the tube 9 to theoutside of the housing 10. The tube discharge opening 16 is provided inan upper portion on the rear side of the left surface 10C, and has arectangular shape that is slightly longer in the up-down direction. Thetube discharge opening 16 is slightly to the front of the tube insertionopening 15.

The user interface portion 17 includes a display portion and anoperation portion. The display portion is a plurality of LEDs thatindicate an operational state of the print device 1. The operationportion is a plurality of operation buttons including a power button anda start button. The user interface portion 17 is provided on the frontsurface 10A, to the right of the tape discharge opening 14.

The handle 2 is a member that is gripped when the user carries the printdevice 1. The handle 2 is provided with a grip portion 21 and a pair ofsupport portions 25 and 26. The grip portion 21 extends in theleft-right direction and is slightly longer than the length in theleft-right direction of the housing 10 and the keyboard 7. The gripportion 21 is a section that is gripped when the user carries the printdevice 1. The support portion 25 has one end portion 25A that isconnected to a right end portion 21A of the grip portion 21, and extendsin a direction orthogonal to the grip portion 21. The support portion 26has one end portion 26A that is connected to a left end portion 21B ofthe grip portion 21, and extends in the direction orthogonal to the gripportion 21 in parallel with the support portion 25. The right endportion 21A and the left end portion 21B of the grip portion 21 are bentin a gently curved shape, and are connected to the support portions 25and 26, respectively. Another end portion 25B of the support portion 25is attached to an upper portion of the right surface 10D, at asubstantially central position in the front-rear direction, and issupported such that it can pivot around a pivot shaft R (refer toFIG. 1) that extends in the left-right direction. In a similar manner,another end portion 26B (refer to FIG. 5) of the support portion 26 isattached to an upper portion of the left surface 10C, at a substantiallycentral position in the front-rear direction, and is supported such thatit can pivot around the pivot shaft R that is coaxial with the supportportion 25. In other words, the handle 2 is provided as a bridge betweenthe left surface 10C and the right surface 10D, and the grip portion 21can move up and down with respect to the housing 10 due to the pivotingof the support portions 25 and 26.

A rotation inhibiting mechanism 45 (refer to FIG. 5) is provided at anengagement section of the housing 10 and the pivot shaft R of the handle2. The rotation inhibiting mechanism 45 causes the grip portion 21 tomove between a first position P1 that is above the mounting portion 11of the cover 12 and a second position P2 that is below the mountingportion 11. The first position P1 is located at substantially the centerof the housing 10 in the front-rear direction. The second position P2 islocated to the front of and below the housing 10. The grip portion 21moves between the first position P1 and the second position P2 passingthrough a position diagonally to the front of and above the housing 10.Note that, in FIG. 1, a mode of the handle 2 when the grip portion 21 ispositioned in the first position P1 is shown by a dashed line, and amode of the handle 2 when the grip portion 21 is positioned in thesecond position P2 is shown by a solid line.

As shown in FIG. 5, an inhibition member 46 provided on the housing 10operates together with lock pins 25D and 26D that are respectivelyprovided on the pivot shaft R of the support portions 25 and 26, and therotation inhibiting mechanism 45 restricts a pivotable range of thesupport portions 25 and 26. The inhibition member 46 is provided with abearing portion 47, a first lock portion 48 and a second lock portion49. The bearing portion 47 is a portion having a semi-circulararc-shaped inner peripheral surface, and engages with an outerperipheral surface of the pivot shaft R from above. The first lockportion 48 has a surface that is directed downward on the front side ofthe bearing portion 47. The second lock portion 49 has a surface that isdirected downward on the rear side of the bearing portion 47. The lockpins 25D and 26D protrude in a radial direction from the outerperipheral surface of the pivot shaft R.

When the grip portion 21 moves upward, the support portions 25 and 26can pivot until the lock pins 25D and 26D come into contact with thefirst lock portion 48. When the lock pins 25D and 26D respectively comeinto contact with the first lock portion 48, the grip portion 21 ispositioned in the first position P1. When the grip portion 21 movesdownward, the support portions 25 and 26 can pivot until the lock pins25D and 26D come into contact with the second lock portion 49. When thelock pins 25D and 26D respectively come into contact with the secondlock portion 49, the grip portion 21 is positioned in the secondposition P2. In this manner, the rotation inhibiting mechanism 45restricts the grip portion 21 from moving further rearward than thefirst position P1, and also restricts the grip portion 21 from movingfurther downward than the second position P2.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the support portions 25 and 26respectively have bent portions 25C and 26C in positions closer to theother end portions 25B and 26B than the one end portions 25A and 26A.When the grip portion 21 is positioned in the first position P1, thebent portions 25C and 26C are bent such that their vertices project inthe front-rear direction. At the bent portions 25C and 26C, the supportportions 25 and 26 bulge and extend at positions displaced from avirtual line that connects the pivot shaft R and the grip portion 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the grip portion 21 is positioned in the secondposition P2, the support portions 25 and 26 extend downward from theother end portions 25B and 26B toward the bent portions 25C and 26C, andextend diagonally forward and downward from the bent portions 25C and26C toward the end portions 25A and 26A. 01 is an angle at which avirtual line L1 that connects the bent portions 25C and 26C and the oneend portions 25A and 26A is inclined with respect to a flat surface Sthat is orthogonal to the up-down direction. θ2 is an angle at which avirtual line L2 that connects the other end portions 25B and 26B (thepivot shaft R) and the one end portions 25A and 26A is inclined withrespect to the flat surface S. When the grip portion 21 is positioned inthe second position P2, the bent portions 25C and 26C are positionedlower than the other end portions 25B and 26B. Therefore, the angle θ1is smaller than the angle θ2. In this manner, since the support portions25 and 26 have the bent portions 25C and 26C, the support portions 25and 26 are inclined with respect to the flat surface S at the smallerangle θ1.

When the grip portion 21 is positioned in the first position P1, avirtual line L3 that connects the other end portions 25B and 26B (thepivot shaft R) and the one end portions 25A and 26A is substantiallyalong the up-down direction. As shown in FIG. 1, the other end portions25B and 26B of the support portions 25 and 26 are respectively attachedto upper portions of the right surface 10D and the left surface 10C, ata substantially central position in the front-rear direction. Auniversal serial bus (USB) cable 79 that connects the keyboard 7 and thehousing 10 is pulled out to the right of the housing 10 from asubstantially central position in the front-rear direction of thekeyboard 7 when the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mounting portion 11. Inthis manner, since the support portions 25 and 26 have the bent portions25C and 26C, it is possible to avoid interference with the USB cable 79of the keyboard 7 when the grip portion 21 is positioned in the firstposition P1.

As described above, the rotation inhibiting mechanism 45 restricts thegrip portion 21 from moving further rearward than the first position P1.It is therefore possible to inhibit the handle 2 from interfering withthe USB cable 79 of the keyboard 7 due to the pivoting of the supportportions 25 and 26. Further, the tube insertion opening 15 is providedin the upper portion on the rear side of the right surface 10D of thehousing 10, and the tube discharge opening 16 is provided in the upperportion on the rear side of the left surface 10C. Owing to the rotationinhibiting mechanism 45, the grip portion 21 does not move furtherrearward than the first position P1. Thus, the rotation inhibitingmechanism 45 also inhibits interference between the tube 9, which isinserted from the tube insertion opening 15 and discharged from the tubedischarge opening 16, and the handle 2 due to the pivoting of thesupport portions 25 and 26.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the grip portion 21 has a concave portion22 and a pair of concave portions 23 in a surface that is directedupward when the grip portion 21 is positioned in the second position P2.The concave portion 22 is formed at substantially the center in theleft-right direction of the grip portion 21, and extends in theleft-right direction. The concave portion 22 has an oval shape in a planview, each of both end portions of the concave portion 22 has a halvedhemispherical shape, and an intermediate portion of the concave portion22 has a half-cylindrical shape. A protruding portion 75 (refer to FIG.9) of the keyboard 7 engages with the concave portion 22. The pair ofconcave portions 23 are respectively formed at end portions on bothsides of the grip portion 21 in the left-right direction. The concaveportions 23 have a hemispherical shape. The keyboard 7 has four legs 74(which will be described later), and two of the four legs 74 (refer toFIG. 9) that are provided on the rear side engage with the pair ofconcave portions 23, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the tape mounting portion 30, the ribbonmounting portion 35, the tube mounting portion 40 and the like areprovided in the upper portion inside the housing 10. The tape cassette80 can be attached to and detached from the tape mounting portion 30.The tape mounting portion 30 is a recessed portion that is open in theupper surface 10E, and has an opening shape substantially correspondingto an outer shape of the tape cassette 80 in a plan view. The tapemounting portion 30 of the present embodiment is provided in a rightportion of the upper surface 10E and to the front of the tube mountingportion 40. In a state in which the tape cassette 80 is mounted in thetape mounting portion 30, the width direction of various tapes and anink ribbon housed in the tape cassette 80 is substantially parallel tothe up-down direction (refer to FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 4, a feed path 33 is a groove portion that extendsforward continuously from a front right portion of the tape mountingportion 30. A front end portion of the feed path 33 is connected to thetape discharge opening 14. The tape guide 34 is provided in the feedpath 33, on the rear side of the tape discharge opening 14. The tapeguide 34 is a pair of rollers that are disposed facing each other in theleft-right direction. The rollers are rotating bodies that can rotatearound an axial line orthogonal to a bottom surface of the housing 10. Agap, through which the tape 8 can pass, is formed between the pair ofrollers. If a design change is made to the tape guide 34 in order tochange the direction in which the pair of rollers feed the tape 8, it ispossible to change the direction in which the tape 8 is discharged fromthe tape discharge opening 14.

The ribbon cassette 90 can be attached to and detached from the ribbonmounting portion 35. The ribbon mounting portion 35 is a recessedportion that is open in the upper surface 10E, and is formed to have anopening shape substantially corresponding to an outer shape of theribbon cassette 90 in a plan view. The ribbon mounting portion 35 of thepresent embodiment is provided in a left portion of the upper surface10E and to the front of the tube mounting portion 40. More specifically,the tape mounting portion 30 and the ribbon mounting portion 35 aredisposed along a tube feed direction such that they are arranged side byside in the left-right direction. Substantially the whole of the tapemounting portion 30 overlaps with substantially the whole of the ribbonmounting portion 35 in the left-right direction.

The tube 9 can be attached to and detached from the tube mountingportion 40. The tube mounting portion 40 is a groove portion that isopen in the upper surface 10E, and extends from the tube insertionopening 15 to the tube discharge opening 16. Since the tube dischargeopening 16 is disposed slightly to the front of the tube insertionopening 15, the tube mounting portion 40 tilts slightly leftward andforward and extends substantially in the left-right direction. A rearend portion of the ribbon mounting portion 35 is connected spatially tothe tube mounting portion 40 on the right side of the tube dischargeopening 16. The direction in which the tube mounting portion 40 extendsfrom the tube insertion opening 15 to the tube discharge opening 16 isreferred to as the tube feed direction. A groove width of the tubemounting portion 40 that is orthogonal to the tube feed direction isslightly larger than an outer diameter of the tube 9, except a sectionwhere the tube mounting portion 40 and the ribbon mounting portion 35are connected spatially. In a state in which the cover 12 is opened, theuser can mount the tube 9 in the tube mounting portion 40 from above.The user disposes the tube 9 along the tube feed direction such that thetube 9 extends from the tube insertion opening 15 to the tube dischargeopening 16, and thus mounts the tube 9 in the tube mounting portion 40.

The control board 18, the tape printing mechanism 50, the tube printingmechanism 60, the tape cassette 80 and the ribbon cassette 90 will bedescribed with reference to FIG. 4. The control board 18 is a board onwhich a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a CGROM and the like (which are not shown inthe drawings) are provided, and controls various operations of the printdevice 1. For example, the control board 18 controls a printingoperation of each of the tape printing mechanism 50 and the tubeprinting mechanism 60. The control board 18 of the present embodiment isprovided on a lower right portion inside the housing 10 (refer to FIG.2). The control board 18 is provided with a USB connector 19 (refer toFIG. 2) to which the USB cable 79 of the keyboard 7 is connected. TheUSB connector 19 is exposed inside a plug housing portion 10F (refer toFIG. 2) that is formed in a recessed shape, at a position toward therear, in a lower portion of the right surface 10D of the housing 10. Aplug of the USB cable 79 is inserted into the USB connector 19. A powersource portion (not shown in the drawings) is also provided inside thehousing 10. The power source portion is connected to a battery (notshown in the drawings) that is mounted inside the housing 10, or isconnected to an external power source (not shown in the drawings) via acord, and supplies power to the print device 1. A connector (not shownin the drawings) of the cord to connect to the external power source isalso exposed inside the plug housing portion 10F.

The tape cassette 80 is a box-shaped body that can house at least thetape 8. The tape cassette 80 is a laminate type tape cassette thathouses a film tape 85 and a double-sided adhesive tape 87, as the tape8, and also houses an ink ribbon 86. A first tape roll 81, a ribbon roll82, a ribbon take-up spool 83, a second tape roll 84 and a tape driveroller 88 are each rotatably supported inside the tape cassette 80.

The first tape roll 81 is the unused film tape 85 wound around a spool(not shown in the drawings). The ribbon roll 82 is the unused ink ribbon86 wound around a spool (not shown in the drawings). The used ink ribbon86 is wound around the ribbon take-up spool 83. The second tape roll 84is the unused double-sided adhesive tape 87 wound around a spool (notshown in the drawings). The tape drive roller 88 feeds the tape 8.

The tape printing mechanism 50 includes a print head 51, a platen holder52, a platen roller 53, a movable feed roller 54, a tape drive shaft 55,a ribbon take-up shaft 56, a cutter 57, a first drive motor (not shownin the drawings), a cutter motor (not shown in the drawings), a seconddrive motor (not shown in the drawings) and the like. The print head 51,the tape drive shaft 55 and the ribbon take-up shaft 56 are eachprovided so as to stand upward from the bottom surface of the tapemounting portion 30. The print head 51 is a thermal head that includes aheating body (not shown in the drawings), and is provided in the frontright portion of the tape mounting portion 30. The tape drive shaft 55can rotate the tape drive roller 88. The ribbon take-up shaft 56 canrotate the ribbon take-up spool 83. The first drive motor (not shown inthe drawings) rotationally drives the tape drive shaft 55 and the ribbontake-up shaft 56.

The platen roller 53 can rotate relative to the print head 51. Themovable feed roller 54 can rotate relative to the tape drive shaft 55.The platen roller 53 and the movable feed roller 54 are rotatablysupported at the leading end of the platen holder 52. The platen holder52 is disposed on the right side of the tape mounting portion 30, andcan be displaced between an operating position and a retracted positionin accordance with the opening and closing of the cover 12 (refer toFIG. 1). When the platen holder 52 is in the operating position, theplaten roller 53 and the movable feed roller 54 are disposed on theinside of the tape mounting portion 30. When the platen holder 52 is inthe retracted position, the platen roller 53 and the movable feed roller54 are disposed on the outside of the tape mounting portion 30. Thecutter 57 is provided to the rear of the tape guide 34, and can cut thetape 8 on the feed path 33. The cutter motor (not shown in the drawings)drives the cutter 57. The second drive motor (not shown in the drawings)rotationally drives the pair of rollers of the tape guide 34.

When the cover 12 is opened (refer to FIG. 2), the platen holder 52 isdisplaced to the retracted position. When the tape cassette 80 ismounted in the tape mounting portion 30, the tape drive shaft 55 and theribbon take-up shaft 56 are respectively inserted into the tape driveroller 88 and the ribbon take-up spool 83. After that, when the cover 12is closed, the platen holder 52 is displaced to the operating position.The platen roller 53 causes the unused film tape 85 and the unused inkribbon 86 to be superimposed with each other, and urges them toward theprint head 51. The printed film tape 85 and the unused double-sidedadhesive tape 87 are clamped between the movable feed roller 54 and thetape drive roller 88.

The tape printing mechanism 50 performs the following printingoperations in accordance with control of the control board 18. The firstdrive motor of the tape printing mechanism 50 rotates the tape driveshaft 55 and the ribbon take-up shaft 56, and thereby rotates the tapedrive roller 88 and the ribbon take-up spool 83. In accordance with therotation of the tape drive roller 88, the film tape 85 is pulled outfrom the first tape roll 81, and the double-sided adhesive tape 87 ispulled out from the second tape roll 84. In accordance with the rotationof the ribbon take-up spool 83, the ink ribbon 86 is pulled out from theribbon roll 82. The film tape 85 and the ink ribbon 86 that have beenpulled out are fed to a position between the print head 51 and theplaten roller 53.

Using the ink ribbon 86, the print head 51 performs mirror imageprinting and prints characters on the film tape 85. The print head 51 ofthe present embodiment prints characters on the left surface of the filmtape 85 that passes through the right side of the print head 51. Theused ink ribbon 86 is taken up by the ribbon take-up spool 83. Theprinted film tape 85 is fed to a position between the movable feedroller 54 and the tape drive roller 88, and the pulled out double-sidedadhesive tape 87 is adhered to the printed film tape 85. In this manner,the tape 8 obtained by adhering the double-sided adhesive tape 87 to aprint surface of the film tape 85 is created. In the created tape 8, thecharacters appear on a surface on the opposite side to the print surfaceof the film tape 85.

Further, the tape 8 passes through the inside of the feed path 33, andis fed forward as far as the tape guide 34. The second drive motor ofthe tape printing mechanism 50 rotationally drives the pair of rollersof the tape guide 34, and feeds the tape 8 further forward. The fed tape8 is discharged forward from the tape discharge opening 14 in a posturein which the width direction of the tape 8 is substantially parallel tothe up-down direction. At this time, the tape 8 is discharged forwardfrom the front surface 10A such that the print surface of the tape 8 isdirected rightward. The cutter motor of the tape printing mechanism 50drives the cutter 57, and cuts the tape 8 behind the tape guide 34. Thecut tape 8 (a so-called label) falls to the front of the housing 10.

The ribbon cassette 90 is a box-shaped body that can house an ink ribbon93. A ribbon roll 91 and a ribbon take-up spool 92 are each rotatablysupported inside the ribbon cassette 90. The ribbon roll 91 is theunused ink ribbon 93 wound around a spool (not shown in the drawings).The used ink ribbon 93 is wound around the ribbon take-up spool 92.

The tube printing mechanism 60 includes a print head 61, a movable feedroller 62, a ribbon take-up shaft 63, a cutter 64, a blade receivingplate 65, a drive motor (not shown in the drawings), a cutter motor (notshown in the drawings) and the like. The print head 61 and the ribbontake-up shaft 63 are each provided so as to stand upward from the bottomsurface of the ribbon mounting portion 35. The print head 61 is athermal head that includes a heating body (not shown in the drawings),and is provided in a rear portion of the ribbon mounting portion 35. Theribbon take-up shaft 63 can rotate the ribbon take-up spool 92.

The movable feed roller 62 can rotate relative to the print head 61. Themovable feed roller 62 is disposed on the rear side of the ribbonmounting portion 35, and can be displaced between an operating positionand a retracted position in accordance with the opening and closing ofthe cover 12 (refer to FIG. 1). When the movable feed roller 62 is inthe operating position, the movable feed roller 62 is disposed on theinside of the tube mounting portion 40 and comes close to the print head61. When the movable feed roller 62 is in the retracted position, themovable feed roller 62 is disposed on the rear side of the tube mountingportion 40, and is separated from the print head 61. The drive motor(not shown in the drawings) rotationally drives the movable feed roller62 and the ribbon take-up shaft 63.

The cutter 64 and the blade receiving plate 65 are provided on theupstream side in the tube feed direction relative to the tube dischargeopening 16, and on the downstream side in the tube feed directionrelative to the ribbon mounting portion 35. The cutter 64 and the bladereceiving plate 65 are provided so as to face each other, with the tubemounting portion 40 interposed therebetween. By the cutter 64 movingtoward the blade receiving plate 65, the cutter 64 can press the tube 9in the tube mounting portion 40 against the blade receiving plate 65 andcan cut the tube 9. The cutter motor (not shown in the drawings) drivesthe cutter 64.

When the cover 12 is opened, the movable feed roller 62 is displaced tothe retracted position. When the ribbon cassette 90 is mounted in theribbon mounting portion 35, the ribbon take-up shaft 63 is inserted intothe ribbon take-up spool 92. After that, when the cover 12 is closed,the movable feed roller 62 is displaced to the operating position. Themovable feed roller 62 causes the tube 9 in the tube mounting portion 40and the unused ink ribbon 93 to be superimposed with each other, andurges them toward the print head 61. At this time, the tube 9 iselastically deformed by the urging force of the movable feed roller 62,and comes into surface-contact with the print head 61 via the ink ribbon93.

The tube printing mechanism 60 performs the following printingoperations in accordance with the control of the control board 18. Thedrive motor of the tube printing mechanism 60 rotates the movable feedroller 62 and the ribbon take-up shaft 63. In accordance with therotation of the movable feed roller 62, the tube 9 in the tube mountingportion 40 is fed to the downstream side in the tube feed direction. Atthis time, the tube 9 before printing that is located outside thehousing 10 is drawn into the inside of the tube mounting portion 40 fromthe right surface 10D via the tube insertion opening 15. The ribbontake-up spool 92 rotates in accordance with the rotation of the ribbontake-up shaft 63, and thus the ink ribbon 93 is pulled out from theribbon roll 91.

Using the ink ribbon 93 that has been pulled out, the print head 61prints characters on the tube 9 that is being fed. The print head 61 ofthe present embodiment performs normal image printing and prints thecharacters on the front surface of the tube 9 that passes through therear side of the print head 61. Therefore, the front surface of the tube9 is the print surface of the tube 9. The used ink ribbon 93 is taken upby the ribbon take-up spool 92. The tube 9 after printing is fed fromthe movable feed roller 62 to the downstream side in the tube feeddirection, and is discharged from the housing 10 via the tube dischargeopening 16. At this time, the tube 9 is discharged leftward from theleft surface 10C such that the print surface of the tube 9 is directedforward. The cutter motor of the tube printing mechanism 60 drives thecutter 64, and cuts the tube 9 on the upstream side in the tube feeddirection relative to the tube discharge opening 16. The cut tube 9falls to the left of the housing 10.

The keyboard 7 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 9. Theorientation of the keyboard 7 in FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 corresponds to theorientation of the print device 1 in a state in which the keyboard 7 ismounted on the mounting portion 11 and the cover 12 is closed (refer toFIG. 1). The keyboard 7 has a substantially rectangular box shape thatis long in the left-right direction in a plan view. The height of thekeyboard 7 in the up-down direction is higher than the height of theholding portions 3 and 4 and the restriction portion 5 of the mountingportion 11. The length of the keyboard 7 in the front-rear direction andthe left-right direction is substantially the same as the length of thehousing 10 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. Theupwardly directed main surface 7A of the keyboard 7 is provided with anoperation portion 70 that is formed by a plurality of keys to receiveinputs, and a display portion 71 that displays information. The displayportion 71 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The user can editcharacters, symbols, graphics and the like to be printed on the printmedium, by operating the operation portion 70 while looking at displayon the display portion 71.

A downwardly directed back surface 7B of the keyboard 7 is provided withthe four legs 74 and two protruding portions, namely, the protrudingportion 75 and a protruding portion 76. The four legs 74 arerespectively provided in four corners of the back surface 7B, and eachprotrudes from the back surface 7B by a height H1 (refer to FIG. 9). Thesurfaces of the legs 74 are rounded. The legs 74 are formed integrallywith the back surface 7B. The protruding portion 76 is provided betweenthe two legs 74 provided on the front side of the back surface 7B, andextends in the left-right direction. The protruding portion 76 isdisposed on an edge portion on the front side of the back surface 7B,and protrudes from the back surface 7B by a height H2 (refer to FIG. 9).The protruding portion 76 is positioned further to the front than thelegs 74 on the front side of the back surface 7B. The protruding portion75 is provided between the two legs 74 provided on the rear side of theback surface 7B, and extends in the front-rear direction. The protrudingportion 75 is disposed on an edge portion on the rear side of the backsurface 7B, and protrudes from the back surface 7B by the same height H2as the protruding portion 76. The protruding portion 75 is positionedfurther to the rear than the legs 74 on the rear side of the backsurface 7B. The surfaces of the protruding portions 75 and 76 arerounded. The protruding portions 75 and 76 are formed integrally withthe back surface 7B. The height H1 by which the legs 74 protrude fromthe back surface 7B is higher than the height H2 by which the protrudingportions 75 and 76 protrude from the back surface 7B. Therefore, whenthe keyboard 7 is placed on a flat surface, the four legs 74 are incontact with the flat surface and support the keyboard 7, and alsomaintain the protruding portions 75 and 76 in a state of being separatedfrom the flat surface.

A coating, such as a resin, is applied to the back surface 7B of thekeyboard 7. The coating is also applied to the surfaces of the four legs74 and the protruding portions 75 and 76. As a result, when the legs 74and the protruding portions 75 and 76 are placed on the flat surface, itis possible to obtain an anti-slip effect. Note that the four legs 74and the protruding portions 75 and 76 may be provided on the keyboard 7by adhering rubber feet or the like that are formed separately from theback surface 7B of the keyboard 7.

The keyboard 7 is provided with a bulging portion 72 substantially atthe center in the up-down direction. The bulging portion 72 bulgesoutward around the keyboard 7 in the circumferential direction withrespect to the up-down direction. A connection portion 73 (refer to FIG.8), which connects the USB cable 79 to a board (not shown in thedrawings) provided in the keyboard 7, is formed in a right surface ofthe bulging portion 72, at substantially the center in the front-reardirection. The USB cable 79 may be directly connected to the board inthe keyboard 7 or may be detachably connected to the board via aconnector.

A groove portion 77A, which is recessed rearward and extends in theleft-right direction, is formed on the upper side of the bulging portion72 on the front surface of the keyboard 7. A groove portion 77B, whichis recessed rearward and extends in the left-right direction, is formedon the lower side of the bulging portion 72 on the front surface of thekeyboard 7. The groove portions 77A and 77B are provided at positionsthat are symmetrical in the up-down direction with respect to thebulging portion 72. A groove portion 77C, which is recessed forward andextends in the left-right direction, is formed on the upper side of thebulging portion 72 on the rear surface of the keyboard 7. A grooveportion 77D, which is recessed forward and extends in the left-rightdirection, is formed on the lower side of the bulging portion 72 on therear surface of the keyboard 7. In a similar manner, the groove portions77C and 77D are also provided at positions that are symmetrical in theup-down direction with respect to the bulging portion 72. The fourgroove portions 77A, 77B, 77C and 77D each extend to be longer, in theleft-right direction, than the collar portions 3B and 4B of the mountingportion 11. The groove portion 77A and the groove portion 77C areprovided at positions that are symmetrical in the front-rear directionsuch that the main surface 7A of the keyboard 7 is between them. Thegroove portion 77B and the groove portion 77D are provided at positionsthat are symmetrical in the front-rear direction such that the backsurface 7B of the keyboard 7 is between them.

The four groove portions 77A, 77B, 77C and 77D each extend to be longer,in the left-right direction, than the collar portions 3B and 4B of themounting portion 11. Left end portions of the four groove portions 77A,77B, 77C and 77D are each formed in a left end portion of the keyboard7. Right end portions of the four groove portions 77A, 77B, 77C and 77Dare not formed in a right end portion of the keyboard 7, and each isformed at a position slightly closer to the center in the left-rightdirection than the right end portion of the keyboard 7. The keyboard 7can be mounted on the mounting portion 11 such that the main surface 7Ais directed upward (refer to FIG. 1). At this time, the collar portions3B and 4B of the holding portions 3 and 4 are respectively engaged withthe groove portions 77D and 77B. The user can perform an operation onthe operation portion 70 in a state in which the keyboard 7 is mountedon the mounting portion 11, and can edit characters, symbols, graphicsand the like to be printed on the print medium. The keyboard 7 can bemounted on the mounting portion 11 such that the back surface 7B isdirected upward (refer to FIG. 13). At this time, the collar portions 3Band 4B of the holding portions 3 and 4 are respectively engaged with thegroove portions 77A and 77C. The print device 1 can protect theoperation portion 70 of the keyboard 7 from coming into contact with anexternal object.

The connection portion 73 of the USB cable 79 is provided substantiallyat the center in the front-rear direction of the right end portion ofthe keyboard 7. Therefore, even when the keyboard 7 is mounted on themounting portion 11 such that the main surface 7A and the back surface7B are inverted, it is difficult for the USB cable 7 to become entangledwith the keyboard 7 and the housing 10. Further, even when the keyboard7 is mounted on the mounting portion 11 such that the main surface 7Aand the back surface 7B are inverted, the connection portion 73 can bepositioned substantially at the center in the front-rear direction ofthe housing 10. Thus, as described above, it is possible to avoid theinterference between the support portion 25 of the handle 2 and the USBcable 79, owing to the bent portion 25C.

Each of the four groove portions 77A, 77B, 77C and 77D has theprotruding portion 78 that protrudes from the groove bottom inside thegroove, at a position close to the right end portion of each of them.When the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mounting portion 11, theprotruding portions 78 are engaged with the cut-out portions 3C and 4C(refer to FIG. 3) formed in the collar portions 3B and 4B of the holdingportions 3 and 4, and thus the keyboard 7 is inhibited from becomingdisengaged from the mounting portion 11.

A cable clip 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 10 to FIG. 12.Note that the orientation of the cable clip 6 in FIG. 10 to FIG. 12corresponds to the orientation of the print device 1 in a state in whichthe cable clip 6 is attached to the right surface 10D of the housing 10(refer to FIG. 1). The cable clip 6 extends in the up-down direction,and has a half-cylindrical shape in which a part of a right surface isopen so as to form the shape of an open ring. The cable clip 6 has anattachment portion 6A, a back portion 6C, a front holding portion 6D anda rear holding portion 6E.

The back portion 6C is a substantially rectangular plate-shaped portion.The attachment portion 6A branches into two parts and protrudes to theleft from substantially the center of the back portion 6C in the up-downdirection and the left-right direction. A leading end portion of theattachment portion 6A has a collar-shaped barb portion 6B. The cableclip 6 is attached to the housing 10 such that the attachment portion6A, which is inserted into a hole (not shown in the drawings) formed inthe right surface 10D of the housing 10, expands in the radial directionof the hole inside the housing 10 and the barb portion 6B is caught onthe inner surface of the housing 10.

The front holding portion 6D extends to the right from a front endportion of the back portion 6C. A connection portion of the frontholding portion 6D and the back portion 6C has a gentle arc shape in aplan view. A right end portion 6F of the front holding portion 6D iscurved to the rear in a gentle arc shape in a plan view. The rearholding portion 6E extends to the right from a rear end portion of theback portion 6C in parallel with the front holding portion 6D. Aconnection portion of the rear holding portion 6E and the back portion6C has a gentle arc shape in a plan view. A right end portion 6G of therear holding portion 6E is curved to the front in a gently arc shape ina plan view. The right end portion 6F of the front holding portion 6Dand the right end portion 6G of the rear holding portion 6E face eachother in the front-rear direction. A gap that is larger than thediameter of the USB cable 79 is provided between the right end portion6F and the right end portion 6G. The back portion 6C, the front holdingportion 6D and the rear holding portion 6E have a half-cylindrical shapethat is open in a substantial C-shape in a plan view.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mountingportion 11, the USB cable 79 is folded up and inserted into the ringformed by the cable clip 6. The cable clip 6 can clamp the USB cable 79using inner surfaces of the back portion 6C, the front holding portion6D and the rear holding portion 6E, and can hold the USB cable 79 in thering. The user inserts the USB cable 79 in a folded state into the ringof the cable clip 6, by causing the USB cable 79 to pass through the gapbetween the right end portion 6F and the right end portion 6G, so thatthe USB cable 79 can be held. Further, by causing the USB cable 79 topass through the gap between the right end portion 6F and the right endportion 6G, the user can pull out the USB cable 79 from the inside ofthe ring of the cable clip 6 while stretching the USB cable 79 that isin the folded state.

The keyboard 7 of the print device 1 can be detachably mounted on themounting portion 11. The attachment and detachment of the keyboard 7 isperformed in a state in which the grip portion 21 of the handle 2 isdisposed in the second position P2. When the keyboard 7 is mounted suchthat the main surface 7A is directed upward (refer to FIG. 1), the pairof groove portions 77B and 77D (refer to FIG. 9) formed in the frontsurface and the rear surface of the keyboard 7 are respectively engagedwith the pair of collar portions 4B and 3B (refer to FIG. 3) of themounting portion 11. The keyboard 7 can be mounted on the mountingportion 11, and also can be detached from the mounting portion 11, alongthe left-right direction in which the groove portions 77B and 77D andthe collar portions 4B and 3B extend. The rotation axis C of the cover12 extends in the left-right direction, which is the direction in whichthe keyboard 7 is attached and detached. When the cover 12 is opened andclosed, an external force is applied to the keyboard 7 mounted on themounting portion 11 on the upper portion of the cover 12, in anextending direction of a tangent line B (refer to FIG. 2) that istangential to the circumferential direction A of the rotation axis C.Since the tangent line B is orthogonal to the rotation axis C, theattachment/detachment direction of the keyboard 7 is orthogonal to thedirection of the external force that is applied to the keyboard 7 whenthe cover 12 is opened and closed. Thus, the keyboard 7 does not becomedisengaged from the mounting portion 11 due to the force resulting fromthe opening and closing the cover 12. Further, there are cases in whichthe user grips and lifts the keyboard 7 when the user opens the cover 12or the user pushes down the keyboard 7 from above when the user closesthe cover 12. Even in these cases, the direction of the external forceapplied to the keyboard 7 is orthogonal to the attachment/detachmentdirection, and the keyboard 7 does not receive the external force in theattachment/detachment direction. Therefore, the keyboard 7 does notbecome disengaged from the mounting portion 11.

Further, when the cover 12 is closed in a state in which the keyboard 7is mounted on the mounting portion 11, the direction of a gravitycomponent added to the keyboard 7 is the up-down direction. When thecover 12 is opened in this state, the gravity component is also added tothe keyboard 7 in the front-rear direction. However, since theleft-right direction is orthogonal to the direction of gravity, thegravity component is not added in the attachment/detachment direction ofthe keyboard 7. Thus, the keyboard 7 does not become disengaged from themounting portion 11 by the gravity applied to the keyboard 7.

In addition, although the groove portions 77B and 77D of the keyboard 7are formed on the left end portion of the keyboard 7, they are notformed on the right end portion. Thus, the keyboard 7 can be mounted onthe mounting portion 11 from the left end portion side on the oppositeside to the right end portion where the connection portion 73 of the USBcable 79 is provided. The mounting portion 11 has the restrictionportion 5 on the left end portion, and the right end portion is open.Therefore, the mounting portion 11 allows the attachment and detachmentof the keyboard 7 only from the right surface 10D side of the housing10, on which is provided the plug housing portion 10F in which the USBconnector 19 is exposed. Thus, when the keyboard 7 is attached anddetached, the USB cable 79 is positioned to the right of the mountingportion 11 and to the right of the keyboard 7, and does not intersectwith the mounting portion 11. It is thus possible to suppress a loadfrom being applied to the USB cable 79.

The collar portions 3B and 4B of the mounting portion 11 are provided atthe center in the left-right direction of the holding portions 3 and 4.When the keyboard 7 is mounted on the mounting portion 11, the loadapplied to the collar portions 3B and 4B by the weight of the keyboard 7is unlikely to be applied to the collar portions 3B and 4B such that theload is biased to one side in the attachment/detachment direction.Further, non-engagement sections of the collar portions 3B and 4B andthe groove portions 77B and 77D can be disposed as a pair on both sidesof engagement sections in the attachment/detachment direction. Thus, themounting portion 11 can hold the keyboard 7 in a well-balanced manner.Further, the length of the collar portions 3B and 4B in the left-rightdirection is equal to or more than one third of the length of the cover12 and less than the length of the cover 12. The closer the length ofthe collar portions 3B and 4B in the left-right direction is to thelength of the cover 12, the more an engagement range of the collarportions 3B and 4B and the groove portions 77B and 77D can be increased.Thus, the mounting portion 11 can hold the keyboard 7 more reliably. Thecloser the length of the collar portions 3B and 4B in the left-rightdirection is to one third of the length of the cover 12, the more theengagement range of the collar portions 3B and 4B and the grooveportions 77B and 77D decreases. However, by reducing a length over whichthe keyboard 7 slides, the keyboard 7 can be mounted on and removed fromthe mounting portion 11. Further, when the length of the collar portions3B and 4B in the left-right direction is equal to or more than one thirdof the length of the cover 12, the length of each of the non-engagementsections that are provided as a pair on the both sides in theattachment/detachment direction of the engagement sections of the collarportions 3B and 4B and the groove portions 77B and 77D can be shorterthan the length of the engagement sections. Therefore, the load at thenon-engagement sections due to the weight of the keyboard 7 can besufficiently supported by the engagement sections.

When the user carries the print device 1, the grip portion 21 of thehandle 2 is moved to the first position P1 (refer to FIG. 1). Thesupport portions 25 and 26 of the handle 2 are disposed in theleft-right direction of the mounting portion 11. The support portion 25is positioned on the side of the right end portion of the mountingportion 11, the right end portion having no restriction portion 5 andbeing open. In other words, when the keyboard 7 is mounted on themounting portion 11, the support portion 25 is positioned to the rightof the keyboard 7. For example, when the keyboard 7 receives an externalforce in the attachment/detachment direction due to swinging or the likeduring conveyance and the engagement between the cut-out portions 3C and4C of the collar portions 3B and 4B and the protruding portions 78 ofthe groove portions 77B and 77D fails, the right surface of the keyboard7 comes into contact with the support portion 25. Thus, the movement ofthe keyboard 7 in the attachment/detachment direction is restricted bythe support portion 25, and the keyboard 7 does not become disengagedfrom the mounting portion 11.

The keyboard 7 has the connection portion 73 of the USB cable 79 atsubstantially the center in the front-rear direction of the right endportion. The other end portion 25B of the support portion 25 of thehandle 2 is attached to the right surface 10D of the housing 10, atsubstantially the central position in the front-rear direction.Therefore, when the grip portion 21 of the handle 2 is positioned in thefirst position P1, the virtual line L3 (refer to FIG. 5) that connectsthe one end portion 25A and the other end portion 25B of the supportportion 25 intersects the connection portion 73. Since the supportportion 25 of the handle 2 has the bent portion 25C, the support portion25 is disposed while avoiding a position that overlaps with theconnection portion 73. It is thus possible to avoid contact with the USBcable 79.

The grip portion 21 of the handle 2 is restricted from moving to therear of the first position P1 by the rotation inhibiting mechanism 45.Thus, the support portions 25 and 26 do not block the tube insertionopening 15 and the tube discharge opening 16, and do not come intocontact with the tube 9.

When the keyboard 7 is removed from the mounting portion 11, the usercan place the keyboard 7 on the flat surface to perform an operation onthe operation portion 70, and can edit characters, symbols, graphics andthe like to be printed on the print medium. Since the cable clip 6 hasan open ring shape, the user can easily pull out and stretch the USBcable 79 held by the cable clip 6, and can move the keyboard 7. The fourlegs 74 provided in the four corners of the back surface 7B of thekeyboard 7 maintain the protruding portions 75 and 76 in a state ofbeing separated from the flat surface. Since the keyboard 7 is stablysupported on the flat surface by the four legs 74 provided in the fourcorners of the back surface 7B, the keyboard 7 does not wobble when theuser performs an operation on the operation portion 70

When the user places the keyboard 7 removed from the mounting portion 11on the flat surface, the user can also cause the keyboard 7 to leanagainst the handle 2 (refer to FIG. 3). At this time, the handle 2 isdisposed such that the grip portion 21 is positioned in the secondposition P2 (refer to FIG. 1). The user disposes the rear side of thekeyboard 7 on top of the grip portion 21. Since the length of thekeyboard 7 in the left-right direction is shorter than the length of thegrip portion 21 in the left-right direction, the user can dispose thekeyboard 7 between the support portions 25 and 26 without interferencewith the support portions 25 and 26. The user can use the supportportions 25 and 26 to adjust the position of the keyboard 7 in theleft-right direction.

The user causes the keyboard 7 disposed on the grip portion 21 to movein the front-rear direction. The protruding portion 75 on the rear sideof the back surface 7B of the keyboard 7 is fitted into the concaveportion 22 formed in the upper surface when the grip portion 21 ispositioned in the second position P2, and the keyboard 7 and the gripportion 21 are positioned with respect to each other. Since thepositioning of the keyboard 7 and the grip portion 21 is performed bythe engagement of the protruding portion 75 and the concave portion 22,the user can easily determine the position of the keyboard 7 withrespect to the grip portion 21 without peering at the position of theprotruding portion 75 with respect to the concave portion 22. Note that,since the grip portion 21 side is formed to be concave, when the usercarries the print device 1, nothing bumps into a hand of the user thatis gripping the grip portion 21, and the user can easily carry the printdevice 1. Further, since the protruding portion 75 and the concaveportion 22 can be formed integrally with the keyboard 7 and the handle2, respectively, they can be easily provided without attaching othercomponents.

The protruding portion 75 and the concave portion 22 extend long in theleft-right direction. Thus, when the protruding portion 75 and theconcave portion 22 are engaged with each other, they can secure a widercontact area and can easily maintain the engagement state. Thus, whenthe user performs an operation on the operation portion 70 of thekeyboard 7, it is possible to suppress positional displacement of thekeyboard 7 caused by vibration and the like. Further, since theprotruding portion 75 and the concave portion 22 are engaged with eachother with a long contact length in the left-right direction, it is alsopossible to suppress positional displacement of the keyboard 7 withrespect to the grip portion 21 in the direction of rotation around theengagement position of the protruding portion 75 and the concave portion22.

The grip portion 21 is provided with the pair of concave portions 23.When the protruding portion 75 is engaged with the concave portion 22,the two legs 74 on the rear side of the back surface 7B of the keyboard7 are respectively engaged with the pair of concave portions 23. Due tothe engagement of the legs 74 and the concave portions 23, the keyboard7 can be positioned with respect to the grip portion 21 more reliably.

The user lowers the front side of the keyboard 7 positioned with respectto the grip portion 21, onto the flat surface. The rear side of thekeyboard 7 is brought into a state of being leaned against the gripportion 21, and is positioned higher than the front side by a heightcorresponding to the size of the grip portion 21. Therefore, thekeyboard 7 is disposed on the flat surface with the main surface 7Abeing inclined with respect to the flat surface such that the front sideof the main surface 7A is positioned lower than the rear side (refer toFIG. 3). Since the keyboard 7 can be inclined and disposed in thismanner, the user can easily see the tops of the keys and the displayportion 71 and can easily perform an operation on the operation portion70.

The protruding portion 76 provided on the front side of the back surface7B of the keyboard 7 is positioned further to the front than the twolegs 74 provided on the front side of the back surface 7B. Therefore,when the rear side of the keyboard 7 is leaned against the grip portion21, the protruding portion 76 can be in contact with the flat surface ina state in which the legs 74 are separated from the flat surface. Theprotruding portion 76 is formed to be long in the left-right directionand has an anti-slip effect. It is therefore possible to suppress thekeyboard 7 from slipping with respect to the flat surface.

Thus, the user can easily perform an operation on the operation portion70.

Since the support portions 25 and 26 of the handle 2 have the bentportions 25C and 26C, the angle of inclination of the support portions25 and 26 with respect to the flat surface is gentler than that when thebent portions 25C and 26C are not provided. The length in the left-rightdirection of the keyboard 7 of the present embodiment is shorter thanthe grip portion 21. Therefore, the structure of the bent portions 25Cand 26C is unlikely to affect the inclination angle when the keyboard 7is leaned against the grip portion 21. However, in the formation of thegrip portion 21, in order to form the concave portion 22 that is engagedwith the protruding portion 75 of the keyboard 7, it is necessary toprovide, on the grip portion 21, a contact portion having a sizerequired to form the concave portion 22 in accordance with the angle ofthe keyboard 7 when the keyboard 7 is leaned against the grip portion21. The angle of inclination of the support portions 25 and 26 withrespect to the flat surface is gentle due to the structure of the bentportions 25C and 26C. Therefore, it is easy to secure the contact areaof the grip portion 21 and the back surface 7B of the keyboard 7 withoutsignificantly machining and processing the grip portion 21. Thus, it iseasy to form the concave portion 22 that engages with the protrudingportion 75.

If the length of the keyboard in the left-right direction is longer thanthe grip portion 21, when the keyboard is leaned against the gripportion 21, both end portions of the keyboard in the left-rightdirection respectively come into contact with the one end portions 25Aand 26A of the support portions 25 and 26. At this time, there is apossibility that the angle of inclination of the keyboard with respectto the flat surface may be larger than that in the present embodiment,depending on the positions of contact with the support portions 25 and26. In this type of case, if the support portions 25 and 26 areconfigured to have the bent portions 25C and 26C, even when the keyboardcomes into contact with the support portions 25 and 26, it is possibleto further reduce the angle of inclination of the keyboard with respectto the flat surface.

Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the above-describedembodiment and various changes can be made. Although the holdingportions 3 and 4 of the mounting portion 11 are respectively provided atthe rear end portion and the front end portion of the upper surface ofthe cover 12, they may be respectively provided at the left end portionand the right end portion. The restriction portion 5 may be provided atthe rear end portion of the upper surface of the cover 12. In this case,in the process of opening and closing the cover 12, theattachment/detachment direction of the keyboard 7 changes between thefront-rear direction when the cover 12 is closed and the up-downdirection when the cover 12 is opened. However, regardless of whetherthe cover 12 is opened or closed, the attachment/detachment direction ofthe keyboard 7 is orthogonal to the extending direction of the tangentline B that is tangential to the circumferential direction A of therotation axis C at the front end portion of the cover 12. Therefore,even when the user erroneously grasps the keyboard 7 when the cover 12is opened or closed, the keyboard 7 does not become disengaged from themounting portion 11.

For example, the legs 74 may be omitted from the keyboard 7, and thekeyboard 7 may be configured such that the protruding portions 75 and 76are provided over the entire length of the keyboard 7 in the left-rightdirection and the protruding portions 75 and 76 also serve as the legs74. Alternatively, for example, the protruding portions 75 and 76 may beomitted from the keyboard 7, and the keyboard 7 may be configured suchthat the legs 74 also serve as the protruding portions 75 and 76 and areused to perform positioning with respect to the grip portion 21.

The restriction portion 5 of the mounting portion 11 need notnecessarily be provided. Instead of the collar portions 3B and 4B,groove portions may be formed in the holding portions 3 and 4 of themounting portion 11, and instead of the groove portions 77A to 77D,collar portions may be provided on the front surface and the rearsurface of the keyboard 7. The keyboard 7 and the control board 18 neednot necessarily be connected via the USB cable 79, and may be connectedby wireless communication, such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

In the above-described embodiment, the concave portion 22 is provided inthe grip portion 21 of the handle 2, and engages with the protrudingportion 75 provided on the keyboard 7, thus performing positioning ofthe keyboard 7. However, for example, a rubber plate may be attached tothe back surface 7B of the keyboard 7, and a frictional force may beused to perform positioning with respect to the grip portion 21.Alternatively, a rubber plate may be attached to the grip portion 21,and a frictional force may be used to perform positioning with respectto the back surface 7B of the keyboard 7. Further, a hook or the likemay be provided on the keyboard 7, and the positioning of the keyboard 7with respect to the grip portion 21 may be performed by latching thehook onto the grip portion 21.

What is claimed is:
 1. A print device comprising: a housing having anopening formed in an upper portion thereof and internally housing aprint portion and a control portion, the print portion printing on aprint medium, and the control portion controlling driving of the printportion; a lid body disposed on the upper portion of the housing, thelid body opening and closing the opening of the housing by a second endportion side of the lid body pivoting around a predetermined rotationaxis provided at a first end portion of the lid body; an input deviceincluding an operation portion, the operation portion receiving an inputof a command to the control portion; and a mounting portion provided onan upper portion of the lid body when the opening of the housing isclosed, the input device being capable of being attached to and detachedfrom the mounting portion along a predetermined attachment/detachmentdirection with respect to the lid body, and the attachment/detachmentdirection being a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of atangent line, the tangent line being tangential to a circumferentialdirection of the rotation axis at a position of the second end portionof the lid body.
 2. The print device according to claim 1, wherein theattachment/detachment direction is a direction along the rotation axis.3. The print device according to claim 2, wherein the mounting portionhas a pair of collar portions, the pair of collar portions beingrespectively provided at a center, in the attachment/detachmentdirection, of the first end portion and the second end portion of thelid body, and the pair of collar portions protruding in a mutuallyfacing direction and extending along the attachment/detachment directionover a length equal to or more than one third of a length of the lidbody and less than the length of the lid body, and the input device hasa pair of groove portions, the pair of groove portions beingrespectively engaged with the pair of collar portions when the inputdevice is mounted on the mounting portion, and extending longer than thecollar portions in the attachment/detachment direction.
 4. The printdevice according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion includes arestriction portion at an end portion on one side in theattachment/detachment direction, the restriction portion restrictingmovement of the input device in the attachment/detachment direction. 5.The print device according to claim 1, further comprising: a handleincluding a support portion and a grip portion, the support portionbeing pivotably supported by the housing, the grip portion movingbetween a first position and a second position in accordance with thepivoting of the support portion, the first position being higher thanthe mounting portion, and the second position being lower than themounting portion, wherein when the grip portion is in the firstposition, the support portion is positioned on a side of the mountingportion, on another side in the attachment/detachment direction.
 6. Theprint device according to claim 5, wherein the input device includes aconnection portion to which a connection line is connected, theconnection portion being provided in a side surface that is orthogonalto the attachment/detachment direction when the input device is mountedon the mounting portion, at a center of the side surface in a directionthat is orthogonal to an up-down direction of the housing in a state inwhich the lid body is closed and that is orthogonal to the rotationaxis, and the connection line electrically connecting the controlportion and the input device, and the support portion of the handle hasa bent portion, the bent portion being orthogonal to the up-downdirection when the grip portion is positioned in the first position, andbeing bent such that a vertex protrudes in the direction orthogonal tothe rotation axis.
 7. The print device according to claim 5, wherein thehousing includes an inlet opening and an inhibiting mechanism, the inletopening being formed in a position on an opposite side to the secondposition with respect to a position at which the support portion issupported by the housing, and guiding the print medium that is fed tothe print portion to the inside of the housing, and the inhibitingmechanism inhibiting the pivoting of the support portion toward theopposite side to the second position when the grip portion is positionedin the first position.
 8. The print device according to claim 3, whereinthe input device includes a connection portion to which a connectionline is connected, the connection portion being provided at a center ofa side surface in the attachment/detachment direction when the inputdevice is mounted on the mounting portion, and the connection lineelectrically connecting the control portion and the input device, andthe pair of groove portions include a pair of first groove portions anda pair of second groove portions, the pair of first groove portionsbeing closer to a position of a main surface provided with the operationportion than the pair of second groove portions.
 9. The print deviceaccording to claim 8, further comprising: a cable clip provided on aside surface of the housing, the cable clip having a pair of holdingportions and being formed in the shape of an open ring having a gap thatis equal to or more than a diameter of the connection line such that theconnection line is capable of being inserted into the ring in an up-downdirection, the pair of holding portions being capable of holding theconnection line in the ring by inner surfaces of the pair of holdingportions clamping the connection line from three directions among fourdirections that are orthogonal to the up-down direction.